Cover of Even a Daughter Is Better Than Nothing

Even a Daughter Is Better Than Nothing

by Mykel Board, Et · 2005

+ Want to read

Presents a trip into the depths of Outer Mongolia. This book recounts the author's year teaching English at the National University in Ulaanbaatar. It features his twisting journey through Mongolian drinking, heavy metal, wrestling and problematic plumbing as he meets some of the kindest, resilient individuals on earth.

Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 347 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Even a Daughter Is Better Than Nothing? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Even a Daughter Is Better Than Nothing. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Hearing Birds Fly Louisa Waugh · 2003 Shares travel, Mongolia, memoir
  2. When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale Matthew Davis · 2010 Shares travel, Mongolia, nonfiction
  3. In the Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in History Stanley Stewart · 2000 Shares travel, Mongolia, nonfiction
  4. Live from Mongolia: From Wall Street Banker to Mongolian News Anchor Patricia Sexton · 2012 Shares travel, Mongolia, memoir
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (travel), start with these.”

  1. The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong Edward Gargan · 2002
  2. Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia Wilfred Thesiger · 1998
  3. Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi Jennifer Barclay · 2008
  4. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star Paul Theroux · 2008

“If it was the Mongolia that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. In Search of Genghis Khan: An Exhilarating Journey on Horseback Across the Steppes of Mongolia Tim Severin · 1991
  2. Walking the Gobi: A 1,600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair Helen Thayer · 2007
  3. Playing with Water James Hamilton-Paterson · 1987
  4. Lost in Mongolia: Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River Colin Angus · 2003

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Ulysses Jacques Lob · 1974
  2. Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict Seb Hunter · 2004
  3. The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling David Shoemaker · 2013
  4. Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal Ed Luce · 2016

Report a problem